Lovelocks Alive 2004

On3-Dec-04:
we created a separate Web page for Lovelock
Lines. On 21-Sep-04:we published a Report on the Lovelocks Alive 2004
gathering from Family History Magazine (reproduced with
permission)On 24-Jul-04: we reported that since many people
were not able to attend the Lovelocks Alive 2004 event, the
organising committee proposed to produce a "Lovelock Lines
Newsletter" to include a number of articles derived from the
presentations at the event. Yann Lovelock
volunteered to edit the newsletter.

On 24-June-04: we
published lots more photos from the event. Because of the large
number of images, there are three separate pages of thumbnails.
Click on the thumbnails for full sized images:

Thanks to an energetic Planning Group, the Lovelocks Alive
2004 gathering was held on Saturday 12th June 2004.

The following material is just a historical record of how the event
was organised.

Where and how much?

The Planning Group met in Hungerford on Friday 11
July 2003 and following an inspection of the facilities at The
Bear Hotel agreed that this would be the perfect venue for our
Lovelock Family History Gathering in the following year.

At the time the Bear Hotel was run by the International Hotel
Company Jarvis, which sadly foundered in 2011. However, The Bear
is still there and still very much in business.

The Hotel was once owned by Henry VII and Henry VIII and during
the coaching era was a popular stopping point for coaches
travelling between London and Bath. There were 41 comfortable
bedrooms (now reduced to 39), many of which overlook the River
Dunn.

The cost per person of the event was £40 (equivalent to £58 in
2017 and still a bargain!) and included:

Morning Presentations/Displays

Morning Tea/Coffee

Buffet Lunch/Tea/Coffee

Coach Excursion in the afternoon to Wiltshire Villages
associated with early Lovelock families

Three Course Dinner, with a Guest Speaker

Bookings

We had to restrict numbers attending the event to 75
people, the capacity of the Meeting Room at the time.

Finally, here are some photographs provided by Jeremy Loveluck
20-Mar-04 of some Wiltshire places of
interest in connection with Lovelock family history. Click on
the thumb-nails to get the full-size image.